December 9, 2015 -- ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AFNS) -- With the holiday season now in full swing, C-130 Hercules aircrews and support personnel from Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian Air Force and the 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota Air Base, Japan, began spreading cheer and joy while practicing critical humanitarian aid/disaster relief (HA/DR) training by … [Read more...]
Army Opening 19 Specialties to Women
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Dec. 9, 2015) -- A total of 19 military occupational specialties, or MOSs, in the Army will open to women beginning early next year. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Dec. 3 that women who qualify will be able to serve in any job, anywhere in the military. He directed the Army and other services to provide an implementation plan by Jan. … [Read more...]
South Carolina National Guard Engineer Unit Dedicates Memorial to Fallen Comrades
December 7, 2015 -- GRANITEVILLE, S.C. -- The air was crisp but the sun shone brightly on the hundreds of Soldiers, family, friends and veterans who listened to stories of three fallen heroes being honored at the dedication of the 1221st Route Clearance Engineering Company Fallen Soldier Memorial at the South Carolina National Guard's Armory in Graniteville, South Carolina, … [Read more...]
U.S., Japanese WWII Vets Honor Fallen with Blackened Canteen Spirits
December 7, 2015 -- USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL, Hawaii (NNS) -- World War II veterans from the United States and Japan joined in silent prayer and poured bourbon whiskey into Pearl Harbor's hallowed waters during the Blackened Canteen ceremony in observation of Pearl Harbor Day, Dec. 6. The annual commemoration provided a moment for attendees to observe continued peace and … [Read more...]
Army Researchers Developing Self-Righting for Robots
December 7, 2014 - ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- When a Soldier trips over a rock, he picks himself up, dusts himself off, and presses on. Bomb-defusing robots, for the moment, are not so good at recovering themselves in the same way. Chad Kessens, a robot manipulation research engineer with the Army Research Laboratory, or ARL, part of the Research, Development and … [Read more...]